Epic MegaGames Meganews issue 5
Friday, April 8, 2005, 18:11
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Epic MegaGames MEGANEWS #5 November 28, 1994
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This is the fifth edition of MegaNews, the online
newsletter from the folks at Epic MegaGames. We have some
great news to announce this month, and we'd also like to
thank you for helping make Epic's games some of the
best the online world has seen! Happy gaming!
- Tim Sweeney, President
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NEW -- CD-ROMs!
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Special, enhanced versions of two top Epic games are now
available on CD-ROM! We've added lots of extras to these
already wildly-popular games to make them even more fun!
Both games are playable from the CD with less than 50K
of hard disk space required.
These CD's are not available in stores, but they ARE
available direct from Epic worldwide!
NEW customers: Call, fax, write, or send e-mail to order!
EXISTING customers: If you've already bought the disk
version, you can upgrade to the CD for a special, very
reasonable price. Please call us for details.
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Jazz Jackrabbit CD
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JAZZ JACKRABBIT CD: America's favorite rabbit returns!
Jazz CD is available now, and it's jam-packed with new
graphics, levels, and animation:
* Original 6 episodes, plus 3 new episodes!
* Original 6 ending animations, plus 3 new ones.
* 9 new Bonus Stages, for a grand total of 27.
* 27 new levels, for a grand total of 81 (WOW!)
* New BONUS option to play just the 3D bonus stages!
The creators of Jazz have put the best action, animation
and music yet on this CD. The play is fast and furious
with a bit of zany humor thrown in. You'll love it!
The Jazz CD is $49, and it includes a full-color manual
and a 30-day complete satisfaction guarantee. We also
have a limited supply of really cool Jazz tee shirts
(sizes S, M, L, XL) and we're selling them for $12 each.
They are full color, and you'll look like a true gamer
wearing yours.
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CALL: 800-972-7434 CompuServe: 70007,1631 or GO EPIC
FAX: 301-299-3841 Internet: 70007.1631@compuserve.com
Visa, Mastercard & checks accepted. See address at end.
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Epic Pinball CD
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The entire collection of Epic Pinball tables is now
available on CD! Plus, we've added a 13th table, "African
Safari" as a bonus (not available separately). You can get
the CD plus the Epic Pinball manual for $63 and spend
months in Pinball Paradise! If you've already bought some
of Epic Pinball Packs, you can get the CD for a very
reasonable upgrade price (call for details).
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What's Next
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Epic's teams are busy at work and we'll soon bring you:
* JAZZ CHRISTMAS EDITION: Epic's Christmas present to you.
This special edition of Jazz includes three new holiday
levels and will be available both separately and as an
upgrade patch (for the shareware or registered version).
The graphics and music are way cool! Free shareware.
Expect it around December 7th.
* ONE MUST FALL: Modem/Network Upgrade! Yes, you'll soon
be able to bend, dent, and pulverize your far-away
friends in OMF! This patch will add full modem, serial,
and IPX network support to the game. The upgrade will
probably be ready in January or Feburary, so keep
practicing OMF and get yourself prepared! The upgrade
works with the shareware and full versions. FREE!
Will be available online.
* HIGHWAY HUNTER (published by Safari Software).
A deviously fun little shooter featuring vertically-
scrolling action and lots of futuristic graphics.
Created by Omega Integral Systems in Russia. December.
* EXTREME PINBALL. And you thought that Epic Pinball was
the ultimate PC pinball game? It was, but that was
then and this is now! Extreme Pinball by James Schmalz
brings the standard up to the next level. March/April.
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One Must Fall Notes
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We'd like to thank OMF players who discovered a couple of
bugs and reported them back to us. Rob Elam, OMF designer,
quickly went to work and fixed them. Potential problems:
* OMF crashed after fighting Raven in tournament play.
* OMF randomly exited with "Error loading samples".
The update to version 1.1 is available now. Look for it in
the Epic forum on CompuServe, on Exec-PC BBS, and on the
Net at ftp.uml.edu, /msdos/games/Epic.
If you have any other problems with OMF, booting clean
usually solves them. If you have DOS 6.0 or later,
restart your computer and press F5 when the message
"Starting MS-DOS..." comes up.
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Quotes from around the world
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John Dvorak (PC Magazine):
"Do you like fast-paced HOT GAMES such as that Sonic the
Hedgehog game on the Sega? Look no further than Jazz
Jackrabbit--an ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PC-based arcade-style
game every bit as good as anything found on a dedicated
game machine."
George Broussard (VP, Apogee Software--January 1994):
"We intend on putting all competition in the dust in 1994.
Companies like Epic simply will not be able to keep up."
Hank Leukart (Internet game reviewer):
"WOW!... If Epic continues to release games like
this [OMF] they are going to have little competition!"
PC Gamer:
"[Jazz Jackrabbit] is the best arcade platform game
for the PC ever!"
PC Format Magazine:
"[One Must Fall] is an excellent beat-em-up and proof yet
again that Epic MegaGames can put out games that trounce
the fully-commercial competition."
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What's Happening Online
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CompuServe: Until December 5th, a special edition of Epic
Pinball is available FREE to all CompuServe members.
Just "GO EPIC" and select "Download Game-of-the-Month",
and you can try the Cyborgirl table from Epic Pinball
Pack 3. This special edition is not shareware and is
only available to CompuServe members (or by purchasing
Pinball Pack 3 or the Epic Pinball CD).
Exec-PC: The world's largest BBS has just celebrated
its 9,000,000th caller! Congratulations to the Exec-PC
team: Bob Mahoney, Greg Ryan, and Curt Shambeau.
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conferences. We appreciate your help. Thanks!
-Tim Sweeney, President, Epic MegaGames
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